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Volvo has carved their own identity in the last 6 years, and now have a midsize sedan that can compete with the best luxury cars on the market.
On the European car market, Volvo's kind of a different brand, they do not have the street cred for performance as BMW, Jaguar and Porsche have reached or luxury reputation that graces Volvo Mercedes- Benz is certainly far from anything Italian, too So what is Volvo about these days security is probably the first thought in your head as it should be Volvo remains committed to improving the safety of people inside his cars, and people outside them too.
But Volvo's much more than security these days Swedes do their best to earn a reputation for performance that will rival BMW and Jag, and stand with Mercedes-Benz in the luxury competition and quality What is more Volvo wants to do all that while maintaining their own unique identity Volvo was to this task since splitting in 2010 of the Ford family of brands, and they do an outstanding job.
Volvo has launched two new vehicles for model year 2017 Volvo S90 is the flagship sedan will begin immediately, while the V90 wagon sibling will join the family in the spring next two vehicles are sitting on a platform shared with midsize SUV XC90 and use the same. Drivetrains
The S90 is an attractive design with a high waist line over the entire length of the vehicle, and an elegant coupe-style roof line The car features a short overhang at the front, and a sub trunk overhang in the section of the trapezoidal rear body are sharp, with like regions of sweetness between the two.
Wind tunnel requirements to reduce drag and cabin noise dictate much of the general form, as they do with all competing cars, but the S90 was clearly designed in a Scandinavian design house rather than a German studio this is not a flashy car rather S90 has simple, elegant appearance.
The S90 comes to market with two two engine options are the Drive-E design 2 0 liter four T5-cylinder engine is supercharged and good for 250 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque T5 engine reaches its maximum torque at 1,500 rpm and remains there for 5000 Horsepower goes up linearly to 5600 rpm and then decreases slightly off.
This is not a flashy car rather S90 has simple, elegant appearance.
The T6 engine is both supercharged and turbocharged, and is rated at 316 horsepower and 295 pound-feet The engine reaches its maximum torque at 2,100 rpm, and remains flat at approx 5000 rpm before falling Horses- steam rises linearly up to 5600 rpm.
Both engines have a duty before all along the line of Volvo products, and they have been effective and also efficient.
The only transmission choice in the S90 is an automatic 8-speed smoothly, but the T5 engine buyers will get this automatically in a configuration front-wheel drive while the T6 buyers will have all-wheel drive that's all you have in the manner of engine options; it's not mix-n-match with the S90 Well, not yet anyway, as the XC90 S90 will be available with 400 horsepower T8 powerful combination of hybrid AWD at some point in the future.
So how do these engines are running Although we only rode the T6 for this review, we were in cars T5 power before the two engines do a credible job with the T5 pushing the S90 from 0 to 60 in about June 5 second s in a tenth of a second BMW 528i and the same as the Mercedes E350 T6 will rise to 60 mph in just 5 to 7 seconds, which is about the same as the BMW 535i and E400 Mercedes-Benz this year when T8 happens, it should propel the S90 in the low average range of 5 seconds.
What this means to you in the pilot seat is that the Volvo S90 has a respectable power to accelerate, merge, move, and cruise This is not an AMG or M5 power, but it was does not intended to be a competitor for cars EPA mileage estimates have not yet been published, but they can expect to be competitive in the 20 high.
Inside, the S90 is as expected This car will compete head-to-head with the Germans or the Japanese luxury brands easily with all aspects of the car, there sa particular Scandinavian approach to luxury, for example, instead of lacquered and polished wood trim, Volvo's designers have left open grain, so you can see and feel the natural wood All touch surfaces to date, with a fit and finish suitable for meticulously detailed luxury car.
As with all aspects of the car, it's a special Scandinavian approach to luxury.
The dashboard and controls are clean and simple Volvo gives you slatted vents vertically with a handful of diamond size twist instead the center of the wheel This may seem a small thing, but the movement of the vent and button are accurate and solid little things like that are the quality mark; the things you don t necessarily notice, but that affect your overall perception of the car.
The new interface of the nine-inch screen, larger than the previous screens available, and it is easy to use if you are familiar with the technical standards Swipe right tablet home screen and you'll get a set of options, swipe left for other Volvo system has its own applications, but also supports Apple carplay Sorry Android users, you are still waiting.
The seats are comfortable, and optionally heated and ventilated You can also get the massaging action that is well worth the extra money The massage usually works up and down each side of the spine, and hits pressure points common associated with office work, you can control the speed, location and pressure, and the massaging action going for about 10 minutes each time you turn on the system after a long day at the office, you will hit this button like a lab rat.
Volvo made a public purpose by 2020 no one will be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo Some people like to make fun of the fanatical devotion of Volvo to improve security, but in general people have never seen or been in a really serious collision Volvo develops technology today tomorrow will be copied and made mandatory for all cars in a few years.
The list of security features on the S90 is too long to list here, but there are some world premieres that should be mentioned in the case of most cars with the holding of lateral path use their cameras to search a painted line each side of the car, Volvo takes things one step further with the detection of the road to board the S90 fetches a number of factors such as vertical objects and changes in color or texture to indicate the side of the road and will use that to keep you on the road.
Volvo launched Pedestrian Detection it a few years ago, and they've now added great Pet Detection with Auto Brake If a large animal, such as a set of deer or cow darts in your way, the S90 will automatically apply brakes if you do that t may seem like a self-characteristic that if you live in the city, but more than 100 people are killed each year in collisions of animals in the country.
Now let's get into the cool stuff the world premiere of the S90 includes the semi-autonomous driving standard When you meet, you will get how we are to cars really self-driving Volvo driver assistance system, always keep your hands on the steering wheel or the car will complain to you, but you really can let the car do all the work Volvo has optimized the highway system, and it will follow the gentle curves in the center of the lane on our test drive, we let the car drive for 10 minutes before we arrived in a city and had to direct again.
One good thing about the S90 is that you can set a personality quite significantly as most cars in this class, you can set the drive modes that alter the movement, direction and behavior of suspension we have left the car in Comfort mode most of the time you might expect, the leadership has been strongly supported in this mode If someone complains that the S90 steering is numb, just tell them to switch to Sport mode, and things tighten considerably it is in Eco mode, which may be responsible but s less fun.
The T6 get up to 60 mph in just 5 7 seconds, which is about the same as the BMW 535i and the Mercedes-Benz E400.
Our eyebrow-raiser on the S90 was the behavior downshift mode Comfort expected, with a transmission with 8 speeds the car must change gears a lot if you speed up or slow when you choose to do something a little delicate, like entering a roundabout, you must slow down to get the timing right, then load into the roundabout with confidence, we test drives in Spain, and they expect you to know how to drive your car there the S90 was out there tend to think you were coming to a stop, it would take a while, maybe half a second to respond when we Goosed suddenly the throttle to get into the flow of traffic that led at least one Spanish with a reduced notice of American drivers, but before the next roundabout, we slip in Sport mode and all was well again.
You will enjoy driving S90 Suspension is generally smooth and tight and the brakes work the way you expect the roads in Spain were tied with all but the most recent sidewalk in America, and the road noise is kept to a minimum when it's broken sidewalk, the S90 just absorbs the bumps the total effect is a fast machine on the road, you can take across the country in the perfect comfort Did I mention the massage.
One of the best parts of the S90 is the price history Only two trim levels, and as mentioned, only two combinations of powertrain engine is very simple.
The base trim Momentum which is fine for most buyers gives you leather, navigation, a driver information screen to eight inches, sunroof, LED lights all around, wood trim and black birch Volvo concierge services on call, among many other features with a T5 engine and front wheel drive, this car will cost 47945 with the T6 AWD engine and you are looking to 53945.
Move to the registration trim, and you get heated and ventilated seats, wood trim walnut open grain, December 1 3-inch driver information screen, LED headlights folding, Apple carplay, Nappa leather , adjustments of additional seats, and leather contact surfaces around the cabin registration will cost 51445 S90 with the T5 powertrain and 57245 with the T6 package.
It is interesting to note that the S90 comes with a 4-year warranty 50,000 mile, and all regular service is covered in this period.
This German phrase means check your mirrors, and that's what BMW and Mercedes should do right now Volvo has carved their own identity in the last 6 years, and now have a midsize sedan that can compete with the best cars luxury market.
While we were in Spain, we also had the opportunity to drive some pre-production models of the Volvo V90 station wagon was still good enough to do that for us brown cars automotive journalists are nothing if not predictable, and we all fainted on the V90 is the same car as the S90, but with more usable space in the back the V90 should appear in showrooms early next year, while the S90 T5 models will show in September but if you want test driving a S90 now the T6 models arrive in dealerships in the coming weeks.
If you read further, the bottom line is clear if you look among the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 Mercedes E-Class or Cadillac, Jaguar, Acura, Infiniti, Lexus and Genesis equivalent, you must be sure to check out the Volvo S90 This is a luxury car that really gets everything right.
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